Ethics of Jornalistic Writers

I read three articles about the ethics that jornalistic writers should follow, and they are quite useful and inspiring.
The jornalistic writers should be responsible. Unlike other professions, they have three clients at the same time: the employer, the reader, and the interview subject. Among them I think the reader should be considerer the most important. And that's why we need to report the truth.
As Roy Peter Clark said, the line between fact and fiction is blurring. However, nonfiction writers still need to stick to the principle that do not add or deceive. And Clark raised many tips for that like "be unobtrusive" and "never put anything in your story that hasn't check out". I agree his opinion about the use of interior monologue. In journalistic essays, interior monologue is sometimes acceptable, as long as it's based on real interview, and can indicate the real thoughts and opinions of the figure.
Another part of the ethics is the writers relationship with their interview subjects. In all circumstances, we need to consider our subject's feelings. A writer need to ask if he can include the off-the-record materials, and if he doesn't do so, he might get into trouble with the law, and probably hurt the interview subject. Sometimes it's reasonable to cover some fact to protect people by changing the focus of the report, but not by changing the truth, of course.

Book Club

I've been reading Fast Food Nation for months, and I found that the book is actually about not only fast food culture and history but also explaining how these industries works, which is very interesting.

Chapter 3 & 4 talks about the management of their employees and finance. The fast food companies like to hire students or teenagers, and the reason is obvious: to save cost, which is the core of the management of fast food industry.
The next chapters are about the other industries related to fast food. We can know how fast food are made from the original ingredients. I found the chapter "Why the Fries Taste Good" the most interesting. I always wonder how french fries are made, and in that chapter, the author introduce how they invented this find of food and the modern potato industry behind it.
In the following chapters, flavor industry and modern ranch are also introduced. And the author wrote much about what is happening in the slaughterhouses. The ones who work there are doing "the most dangerous job", as the author defines. They might cut their fingers off!